'Tabloid' first aid super pocket kit used on US Antarctic expedition
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LicenseTabloid first aid super pocket kit, with waterproof canvas cover, by Burroughs Wellcome & Co (USA) Inc, used by Finn
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Tabloid first aid super pocket kit, with waterproof canvas cover, by Burroughs Wellcome & Co (USA) Inc, used by Finn
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Tabloid first aid super pocket kit, with waterproof canvas cover, by Burroughs Wellcome & Co (USA) Inc, used by Finn
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Interior of the Tabloid first aid super pocket kit, with waterproof canvas cover, by Burroughs Wellcome & Co (USA) Inc,
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Tabloid first aid super pocket kit, with waterproof canvas cover, by Burroughs Wellcome & Co (USA) Inc, used by Finn
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.
Tabloid first aid super pocket kit by Burroughs Wellcome & Co (USA) Inc, used by Finn Ronne on U.S. Antarctic expedition of 1939-1941.
‘Tabloid’ brand first aid kits made by Burroughs, Wellcome & Co were given to explorers and influential people packed with the company’s products of the day in a shrewd attempt to promote the product.
This first aid kit belonged to Finn Ronne (1899-1980), an American-Norwegian polar explorer on an expedition to Antarctica during 1939-1941. Ronne was second in command. Handwritten on the canvas case are all the places Ronne visited during his journey, including the 1,200-mile sledge trip. On the reverse of the tin is a map of Antarctica with a red line showing his route.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A700019/1
- Measurements:
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overall: 128 mm x 85 mm x 38 mm, .3 kg
- type:
- first aid kit
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust
